Tag Archives: Sicily

Can you imagine the beauty of spend some days on an island without cars? Yes, that’s right: no parking lots, busy streets, traffic and parking tickets. If you have never experienced a car free vacation, here are 3 italian islands Italian from which you can start. From Sicily to the Alps, you can choose to feel […]

Macarro Cove, the “happy man” cove Maratea, Basilicata South Italy. We are in the area which was once known as Magna Frecia, a Greek colony in a over the sea territory.  And the Greeks found the area we now refer to as Macarro as a place so delightful that any man touching its sole could […]

Adele & Saverio just like Romeo & Juliet Romeo and Juliet were not the only young lovers whose romance was not approved by their families. Adele and Saverio suffered the same drama at the beginning of the XIX centuru, many years after the Verona couple had. And once again no happy ending awaited the couple. […]

Dreaming of your next Easter holiday? Are you fancying for something exotic but flying several hours is already depressing you? Sicily is your answer. If the Europeans of the eighteenth and nineteenth century travelled all the way down to Sicily facing bandits, bumpy roads, flooding and never ending winding roads, there must be a reason, […]

Since color is synonymous with good humor, why not take a holiday in the nature surrounding you in your favorite color? If you never have you ever thought, here’s how: 1: listen to your mood and choose your color. 2: look for the corresponding route. We suggest 5 amazing places in Italy, from Sicily to […]

It’s carnival season, it’s time for the collective frenzy that celebrates trasgressions, jokes and crazyness 40 days before Easter. In Italy there are a lot of carneval traditions, and beautiful places to celebrate it. Here are some of the most dazzling (and less well-know) carnival celebrations in Italy. Carnival of Gnaga, Beppe Nappa, Gagèt col sò Uchèt, […]

There were once more than six thousand kilometers of track on which they traveled the first puffing steam trains, among bridges and natural italian landscapes, cultivated plains and wild woods, hills dotted with rows of trees and breathtaking mountains. Next came the high speed, the highways and cars, and those old rails are become rusty […]

The price kissed the princess and they lived happily ever after in an enchanted castle guarded by a spitfire dragon…well maybe this is not the correct follow up of the old fairy tales but “and they lived happily ever after” is the right one, isn’t it?  We have been listening to this happy end so many […]

Throw yourself back in time and imagine the solitary beauty of living in a lighthouse. Mix that with the comfort of a small inn and you have the ingredients for a memorable stay.  A word of caution, once you have experienced one lighthouse’s hospitality you will want to seek out more… it could be a […]

Mazes and labyrinths: symbols that occur with great frequency in human history. Their roots can be traced back to Greek mythology and Paganism, where they were regarded as mystical. It wasn’t until a few hundred years ago that mazes were designed for fun (sadists), and often became a perfect meeting place for secret lovers and […]